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What is the relationship between the environment and the tourism sector?

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The recreation, leisure, and tourism sector very much depends on the environment; the richer the environment, the more recreational activities are drawn to it.

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What are some potential negative impacts of economic activity in tourism?

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The more economic activity, the more potential negative impacts, including transport-related issues like air pollution, noise pollution, congestion, global warming, and ozone depletion.

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What are local environmental impacts of tourism?

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Impacts on natural resources, pollution, and physical impacts.

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What are some examples of impacts on natural resources due to tourism?

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Fresh water shortages, overfishing, and depletion of land resources.

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What types of pollution are associated with tourism?

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Air pollutants, noise pollution, solid waste, littering, sewage, noxious gases discharges, and visual pollution.

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What are the physical impacts of tourism development?

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Erosion, loss of habitats, loss of natural drainage, and damage from recreational activities.

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What are global environmental impacts of tourism?

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Loss of biological diversity, depletion of the ozone layer, and climate change.

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What do environmental economists suggest about economic growth and well-being?

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They suggest that economic growth measured using changes in real GNP per capita is a misleading impression about improvements in economic well-being.

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What is the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare?

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An alternative measure of economic progress that considers sustainability.

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What are non-renewable resources in the context of tourism?

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Landscapes, views, open spaces, soil minerals, and their depletion rate for future generations.